Tutorial - How to get any version Samsung Omnia II i8000 firmware directly
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This tutorial is addressed to owners of the Samsung Omnia II i8000 Windows Mobile based phone (GSM or CDMA) who want to upgrade or change their phone, regardless of any geographical area, mobile operator, language.
Until now, methods to change was to download from samfirmware.com (but limited as variety) or pay when using Samsung Firmware Downloader.
I decided now to make publicly available another method, for free, which I used and tested since 1 year ago when I bought my Omnia II i8000 and wanted to test and experiment.
The method is legal, does not infringe any copyright and uses only Samsung official and legal software.
I do not demand any payment (like Samsung Firmware Downloader author does).
Like my previous programs: Zeno USB Host Drivers 2011 v1.0, Zeno Sloim Canada Ski Webcams 2011 v2.0 build 2011-02-04 and Zeno Sloim Romania Webcams 2012.2 build 2012-02-06, all is done as free, because I believe that knowledge belongs to all people and should be spread for free.
My tutorial will be published both on 4PDA, XDA Developers as well as on Modaco, where Samsung Omnia II i8000 have a big collection of resources for those interested.
1. Tests were done on Windows XP SP3 with Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro 2009 v6.7.2 (3001.452.718.367) installed - essential condition, inlogged as Administrator.
2. Install: latest Samsung Kies, Samsung_CDMA_modem_4_1_34.zip, Samsung_USB_Driver_X86_32bit.zip
3. Configure Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro on Firewall Policy: Rules Wizard.
4. Get most comprehensive CSC_I8000NXXJI1.CSC (191 MB (201,064,448 bytes)) or if you have any other csc bigger in size which contains a bigger database with any geographical area, any mobile operator, any country or any language.
5. Close (Exit) Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro.
6. Connect your Omnia II i8000 in Normal Mode to your PC and start Samsung Kies.
7. Choose option to check for updated firmware, depending on your existent ROM, Kies will show if it finds any newer firmware.
If not finding (you already have latest official, or a cooked one, case where you must reflash your phone with any official one, even old).
8. After Kies shows that there is a newer firmware or you already have the latest, close Kies.
9. Disconnect from Internet the PC.
10. Connect your Omnia II i8000 in Flashing Mode and reflash only the csc: CSC_I8000NXXJI1.CSC or the bigger one you have.
Pay attention to the desired upgrade firmware you are looking for and configure accordingly the CSC in Octans (for ex. choose desired geographical area, country, language, operator, etc).
11. Disconnect and restart Omnia II i8000.
12. Reconnect PC to Internet, restart Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro and reconnect Omnia II i8000 in Normal Mode to your PC and start Samsung Kies.
You will be prompted many times by Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro to allow communication of respective Kies component to internet (various IP addresses belonging to Samsung), choose to allow only once per file, protocol , port and IP address.
Don't allow permanently, but only once , even if you will be prompted many times!
13. Choose option to check for updated firmware. Now Kies will show exactly the desired firmware you were looking for, even more possible alternatives if they exist.
You will be prompted many times by Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro to allow communication of respective Kies component to internet (various IP addresses belonging to Samsung), choose to allow only once per file, protocol , port and IP address.
Don't allow permanently, but only once , even if you will be prompted many times!
14. Choose the one you want.
You will be prompted many times by Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro to allow communication of respective Kies component to internet (various IP addresses belonging to Samsung), choose to allow only once per file, protocol , port and IP address.
Don't allow permanently, but only once , even if you will be prompted many times!
15. Desired firmware will start to be downloaded.
Open the folder C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp and wait for download.
16. After sometime, Kies will prompt you to start the install of the new downloaded firmware and Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro will prompt you again.
Look in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp and see if there is a file with long name alike:
GT-I8000_I8000NXXJI1_I8000XEEJI1_I8000XXJF1_I8000XEEJI1_XX_XEE.zip.enc2
enc means it is encrypted
17. Carefully allow only 1 step when permission is demanded in Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro.
Look again in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp and be very carefull when decryption is made sequentially and all files inside the encrypted are decrypted. They will appear as:
Eboot_I8000NXXJI1_HW_40.eb0, I8000XEEJI1.csc, PDA_I8000NXXJI1_HW_40.MST, Phone_I8000XXJF1.bin, SS_DL.dll.
These names are particular for this file GT-I8000_I8000NXXJI1_I8000XEEJI1_I8000XXJF1_I8000XEEJI1_XX_XEE.zip.enc2.
In your own case it could be any other names.
18. Carefully copy somewhere else all the decrypted files.
19. Choose to continue flashing with Kies or stop the whole and exit Kies.
20. Now you have directly from Samsung the desired firmware files and you can flash with Octans when you want.
21. Repeat steps 10 to 19 for getting any desired firmware.
Enjoy now your desired firmware for free, without paying or registering somewhere.
Knowledge is free, I strongly believe in freedom of information and people's right to knowledge without paying.
My tutorial is based on fully legal programs from Samsung and do not contain any illegal information or copyright infringement.
IMHO I still believe Samsung Omnia II i8000 is perhaps the best ever made Windows Mobile phone.
For people who carry on security, privacy and own right to private life, only Windows Mobile offers enough security and privacy.
Nor Android and neither iphone can do that.
With kind regards,
Zeno Sloim - author of
Zeno USB Host Drivers 2011 v1.0
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=480899
Zeno Sloim Canada Ski Webcams 2011 v2.0 build 2011-02-04
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10988475
Zeno Sloim Romania Webcams 2012.2 build 2012-02-06
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=934071
2012-03-08 update: 4PDA (4pda.ru) has erased my post
2012-03-08 update: Samsung Corporation was officially informed of the security aspects of this discovery.
Related
"Chris Walsh, member of the ChevronWP7 team has posted a workaround on its blog letting carrier-branded HTC users emulate a non-branded Windows Phone 7 in order to apply the update immediately. The procedure "un-brands" the HTC device and tricks the system into believing it is carrier independent and good to go for the update. Please note that the hack is for HTC devices only and is an advanced technique. Check out the source link if you want to apply' be warned though, you're doing it at your own risk!"
Source: Pocketnow Story Article
Chris Walsh Blog Here: "My Coding Adventure":
Content:
Chris Wash said:
Howdy!
So NoDo was finally released this morning. Well, for the EU people anyway (don’t get me started).
Windows Phone 7, by default, stores your operator identifier in a sneaky registry key, which is checked by the Windows Update Client running on the phone. This identifier is then used to check if the updates have been approved for your operator. If they are slow, like Telstra here is in Australia, you’re going to be waiting a long time.
So, let’s tell you how you can “un-brand” (this won’t remove the boot splash screen) your phone so it appears to be a generic handset to the Update Servers.
Your device needs to be dev-unlocked for this to work. Sorry folks.
Download this zip file and deploy the 3 xap files onto your device.
Run the ChevronWP7.Ringtones.xap and wait till it displays “Ringtones added… and CustClear.provxml underneath”
Run the TouchXplorer app, navigate to My DocumentsMy Ringtones click on CustClear.provxml and select Copy from the Application Bar.
Navigate back inside TouchXplorer to the Windows folder.
Select paste from the Application Bar, this should scroll right to the bottom and put a copy of CustClear.provxml in the Windows folder.
Now run the Connection Setup application and click on the Ok button (it’s the one with the tick).
And now you’re done and free to re-connect to Zune and check for updates.
Again, this is ONLY for HTC devices.
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I didn't get the NoDo and my device is "up to date"T-T
That seems to be updating people from 7004 to 7008 who previously couldn't get the 7008 update. Only a very few people seem to have had success moving from the 7389(RC) to 7390. Even those using unbranded handsets aren't seeing the updates.
MS are world class experts at pissing off there customers
Infuriated-Germ said:
That seems to be updating people from 7004 to 7008 who previously couldn't get the 7008 update. Only a very few people seem to have had success moving from the 7389(RC) to 7390. Even those using unbranded handsets aren't seeing the updates.
MS are world class experts at pissing off there customers
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Click to collapse
What I posted was to remove the operator part of the updates, MSFT still region block updates. Which is why some are having success with German VPN providers.
OK Guys ... finally managed to get my Mozart updated to NoDo.
Used the intructions from here (lots of unsuccessful reports for Mozart apparently)
http://pocketnow.com/windows-phone/force-wp7-nodo-update-for-some-unlocked-phones
Lots of users also reporting success over on the Omnia forums with some more giving some handy tips
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011663
I only used the first link & followed it precisely.
Also before making the first VPN connection I flushed the DNS cache on my laptop to remove stale entries (from command line type "ipconfig /flushdns")
Also when Zune presents the update and you get to "Step 2", you need to disconnect the VPN connection and browse to google on a browser otherwise it just sits at 0% and fails (because it has the VPN gateway metric sitting in your PC's route table with a lower value than your proper default gateway).
1st Attempt failed.
2nd Attempt found the update and failed because Zune stopped responding and crashed (because I disconnected VPN too early ... before "Step 2" on Zune)
3rd attempt Success and kept ALL my settings
For the sake of making it quicker (whole process took 45 mins for me) remove all media (mp3 & Videos etc) from your phone or your backup stage (on Zune) will take that much longer.
Success
I did my phone today using Walshies blog instructions for debranding and then for getting NoDo. Worked like a dream.
Pro = I has NoDo
Cons = No more sideloading apps. Every side loaded app I had requests deletion when run now.
Overall I'm a happy little vegemite.
Thanks Walshieau, great stuff, from you and the Chevron team.
BlueAnt1958 said:
I did my phone today using Walshies blog instructions for debranding and then for getting NoDo. Worked like a dream.
Pro = I has NoDo
Cons = No more sideloading apps. Every side loaded app I had requests deletion when run now.
Overall I'm a happy little vegemite.
Thanks Walshieau, great stuff, from you and the Chevron team.
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Click to collapse
Dude don't scare me. I have done exactly according the instructions and everything worked perfectly.
My Mozart got an February update first, and after updating to 7008, it is now preparing to update to NoDo.
Most of my apps are sideloaded, it would be hell if I had to install em all again.
Hello there!
Any news on a generic ROM for UK. I currently have a branded Orange UK ROM and I've read the European ROM changes the keyboard??? What exactly does it do to the keyboard?
OK this is a Guide on how to Flash Xbmod & Yuki’s WP7 ROM (Mango 7720). It is not a replacement of the original thread simply an accompaniment, continue to use other thread to post issues and asks.
PLEASE READ / PLEASE READ / PLEASE READ / PLEASE READ / PLEASE READ /PLEASE READ / PLEASE READ / PLEASE READ / PLEASE READ
This sometimes causes offense- If you ask a question that has been answered here! You will not get an answer on the board–
If I link a thread visit the page and read the instructions and thank the person for taking the time and effort.
History
There are two ROM’s made by XBmod and Yuki (within a few days of releasing the ROM Yuki retired from XDA, may they RIP or be resurrected in the future) XBmod continues to build and offer solutions. But understand that you are indebted to them and others – for providing the ROM.
Concept
To build a WP7 ROM that can be updated by Zune when MS release updates and Also so that Dev’s or anyone can develop custom CAB’s to be sent to the device without the need to reflash or mess with the system…….
The ROM
Both are Unbranded i.e. Vanilla flavor i.e. No carrier branding and you have Root access.
There are two differences between V1 and V2 ROM’s
1. V1 - HD2_Updatable_XBmod_Yuki_v1
a. Radio: 5.69.09.05a_22.50.50.21u
b. was an attempt to try and get he Sdcard working for other things but it failed, V1 remains for future development only
(Feedback from those testing V1 was that the Radio caused extreme battery drainage and the SD card created more issue than good, so V2 was born. V1 is left for others to play and possibly future development, to see if they can eventually get Dual boot to work – but it may never occur and quite frankly this ROM is so Stable & Pure and running on the best device ever, that you don’t need another OS)
2. V2 - HD2_Updatable_XBmod_Yuki_v2_native
a. Radio: 5.51T.09.29a_22.32.50.10U
b. Formats the SD card like a native WP7 device
(Feedback about battery performance has been for most, positive with a few exceptions will attempt to build country table in Appendix)
Common Questions
Q. Which ROM should I use?
A. Use the V2 ROM for obvious reasons.
Note: When you flash you will LOSE ALL DATA from your SD card, so if you need it - back it up! Also some SD cards present issues so be warned not all work…..
Make sure it’s a SD card that works and is supported, otherwise you could face frequent reboots / freezes / restarts / loops. SandDisk seems to be the best so far try to use class 4, you can use, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and even 32GB
Q. Can I Dual boot and Run Android?
A. Yes. XBmod has released a CAB that can be used to unlock the SDCard for Dual boot.
Q. I’ve installed V1 should I move to V2?
A. that’s up to you, but the general consensus is Yes move to V2
Q. I’m on V1 do I need to Start right from the beginning – re-run the whole Process?
A. Update oriignally yes, but we have a report that someone has gone straight from V1 to V2 without going back to stock rom (WM6.5) by simply flashing V2 on top of V1. No reported problems. So, it's up to you...
Q. Do I need to change the HTC HD2 name in about to HD7
A. No the HTC HD2 is just afriendly name, it wont and can't cause any problems anywhere. The phone is registred as an HTC Schubert (HD7)
RADIO:There are two Radios:
The first which you install during the initial set-up and another which is Baked into the ROM. Some folk who want to play and experiment will want to change the Radio in the ROM – you can do this and more about that in the Appendix:
UPDATEL: XBmod is working on a CAB to change the Radio in the ROM, thus in the future you will be able to send the CAB and change the Radio.
What do I need?
HD2 unlocked and a WP7 Activation key (search the forum)
Hard SPL v 2.08 or higher
I used HSPL4 and selected HSPL2.08.
WP7 doesn’t support HSPL3.03/OSPL3.03. You need to select HSPL2.08 to run WP7 & MAGLDR.
Radio which supports 576 RAM. (Radio 2.15.50...)
I used Leo_RADIO_2.15.50.14**:
Magldr1.13
Windows Mobile 6.5 Stock ROM
I used World Wide English (WWE) 3.14.405.2
Zune Download and Install the lastest version of the client.
WP7 Update Cab Sender
Download and extract to a folder on your PC, this will be the tool used to send custom packages (CAB) to the device and offer backup and restore features:
HD2-7720fix
Extract to a Folder
The V2 ROM HD2_Updatable_XBmod_Yuki_v2_native
Extract to a folder
DeviceProvisioning.cab
To be placed into “WP7 Update Cab Sender folder” later. Do not Extract!!
UPDATE: XBmod has released a new SDCARD UNLOCK TOOL. You are now able to Read and Andriod PARTITION and UNLOCK all your locked Cards.
Custom and Special CAB's:
DEV_STORAGELOCK.cab (this will install the unlock tool for your sd card (providing the possibility of dualboot))
DEV_STORAGELOCK_REMOVE.CAB (as always a second CAB removing the above function "unlock tool" Warning your SDCard will be relocked at reboot resulting is dataloss.)
The Install Procedure
Note: should you be familiar with custom ROM's and have following already installed on your device:
A) hard spl
B) magldr 1.3
C) the correct Radio!
D) then proceed directly to Section 7 and follow instructions "restart your phone and get into magldr menu by pressing and holding the red button then follow steps from Section 7. If you do not have the above installled, proceed from the Step 1 . Thanks to bryangopan
Install
1. Install Hard SPL v 2.08 or higher
2. Install Windows Mobile 6.5 stock ROM
Make sure you’ve got more than 50% power on the device.
• Unplug USB cable
• Power Off device.
• Press and hold volume down button and press power button to start again.
• You will be presented with a tricolor splash screen.
• Connect USB cable to PC
• On the Tricolor splash screen you see “serial”; change to “usb”, if not unplug and plug the cable back in.
• As Administrator Run the WM6.5 ROM Update and follow instructions, your device should now be flashed with WM6.5.
If you have installed a ROM with Radio 2.15.50.** then you can skip the next Install (3) and move directly to section (4). If you are unsure perform section 3, it wont break antything.
3. Install the Radio 2.15.50.** to the device, it installs through the same method as above
• Power Off device.
• Press and hold volume down button and press power button to start again.
• You will be presented with a tricolor splash screen.
• Connect USB cable to PC
• On the Tricolor splash screen you see “serial”; change to “usb”, if not unplug and plug the cable back in.
• As Administrator Run the ROM Update and follow instructions, your device will be flashed with right Radio
4. Turn on WM6.5, using the format tool in WM6.5 format your SD card.
5. Install Magldr1.13
• Power Off device.
• Press and hold volume down button and press power button to start again.
• You will be presented with a tricolor splash screen.
• Connect USB cable to PC
• On the Tricolor splash screen you see “serial”; change to “usb”, if not unplug and plug the cable back in.
• As Administrator Run the ROM Update and follow instructions, your device will be flashed with right Radio
6. When you’re Device Restarts, on the device screen you will see the Magldr menu, use Volume Up and Down to navigate, Answer Call (to Select)
Move down to last option and power it down.
7. Go to Magldr menu, do this by Holding the Power button on the device while powering the device up again
• Navigate using Vol Down and Up and use the “Accept Call” (green key) to Select feature
• Move down to and select Services
• In Services menu select option 4, uselast24nand.
• You will auto return to main menu
• Move down to and select Services
• In services menu select option 5. clearsd MBR.
• Confirm selection.
• You will auto return to the main menu
• Select option 5 usb flasher.
• The screen changes showing you USB Flasher mode / Wait USB
• Make sure you’ve connected the usb cable to the HD2 and PC
8. download and Extract HD2_Updatable_XBmod_Yuki_v2_native.zip (7004)
• This should be extracted to your PC, in the folder locate DWI.exe
9. As administrator Run DWI.exe follow the instructions and flash the rom.
• Once WP7 has been flashed (7004) it is important that you go set the Time and Date to match the Time and Date on your PC, otherwise Zune will not update. You do Not need to Sign into Windows Live or Activate the device at this point, not until you have flashed 7720 it makes no difference if you activate now you will only need to do it again later.
• Start the Zune and it should Detect your HD2
• In Zune go to settings / Phone and check for updates updates, once Zune finds the update, press ok and update now.
• This will be the (7008) update and your phone will automatically restart show you progress and eventually show successful.
• Once completed Zune will check for another updates and find another update this is the move to (7392). Press Update Now and once successfully completed you will be on 7392 this is NODO.
10. Optional.
• If you want to wait for the official release of MANGO through Zune then start using your WP7 by activating it etc and stop here.
• If you can’t wait and want more then continue……
11. HD2-7720fix.rar
Extract to a Folder
Within there are two sub folders
MangoRTM
update tool
Open the "update tool" folder and run either x64 or x86 to install the program according to the version of Windows you have. You will see it run once and exit.
Exit Zune make sure it’s not running.
12. WP7 Update Cab Sender.zip
Extract to a Folder
Download and extract to a folder on your PC, this will be the tool used to send custom packages (CAB) to the device and offer backup and restore features:
13. DeviceProvisioning.cab
Do not Extract!!
Copy this file into the “WP7 Update Cab Sender” folder.
Then run the “WP7 Update Cab Sender.bat”A DOS Window will open
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ WP7 Update Cab Sender xboxmod-Yuki 2011 ║
╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
╠══════» S •(S)end Cabs to device
╠══════» B •Send Cabs to device with (B)ackup
╠══════» R •(R)estore device backup
╠══════» L •Read last Update (L)ogs from device
╚══> Your choice: S
Press “S”
The program will send the CAB to your phone, which will automatically restart the HD2 and show progress, once successful.
You will see this message in the DOS Windows
The device has been updated to version ****************
╚══════» Done
Exit MS dos Window
Delete DeviceProvisioning.cab from the “WP7 Update Cab Sender” folder.
14. Zune update 7712
Launch Zune and check for Updates it should find 7712 and Update Now. The update will take about 1.5 hours.
Once you are done with 7712 update you will see update successful
Exit Zune.
15. HD2-7720fix.rar
HD2-7720 Folder
Within there are two sub folders
MangoRTM
update tool
Open the MangoRTM folder and copy the files (If you know which languages you need, only take the ones you need, if you are unsure take all 8) copy them to the “WP7 Update Cab Sender” folder
Make sure you deleted deviceprovisioning.cab before and Zune is NOT running
Then run the “WP7 Update Cab Sender.bat”
A DOS Window will open
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ WP7 Update Cab Sender xboxmod-Yuki 2011 ║
╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
╠══════» S •(S)end Cabs to device
╠══════» B •Send Cabs to device with (B)ackup
╠══════» R •(R)estore device backup
╠══════» L •Read last Update (L)ogs from device
╚══> Your choice: S
Press “S”
The program will send all the CAB’s to your phone, which will automatically restart the HD2 and show progress, once successful.
You will see this message in the DOS Windows
The device has been updated to version **************
╚══════» Done
Exit MS dos Window
Delete the CAB’s from the “WP7 Update Cab Sender” folder.
You’re now on 7720 MANGO
DO NOT STOP HERE
16. A Hard Reset is recommended.
Switch off the phone when the Magldr screen displays and you see
"Go Go Go 12345"
Press and Hold the Volume Up and Down keys at the same time.
If successful
You will see a white screen explaining that data will be erased,
Press Volume Down and Press Volume Down again, this is a hard reset.
Once you phone restarts, you can proceed to configure it, enter your activation code, Windows Live ID etc and set up your accounts.
Welcome to 7720 MANGO
Note:You can send other CAB’s to the phone by copying them “WP7 Update Cab Sender” folder and run the “WP7 Update Cab Sender.bat” do one at a time
Appendix
Adding Custom CAB's
Optional Add-on’s & Custom modifications
Please refer to this Thread by XBmod for links to additional CAB and additional Language packs.
The Concept:
Copy additional CAB file’s to the “WP7 Update Cab Sender” run “WP7 Update Cab Sender.bat” to send the file, you phone simply needs to be turned on and connected via USB to your PC.
Download the CAB you want and to a folder on your PC, you do not need to extract CAB’s.
You copy each CAB one at a time into the folder and use the tool to send custom packages (CAB) to the device and offer backup and restore features:
your_choice_.cab
Do not Extract!!
Copy this file into the “WP7 Update Cab Sender” folder.
Then run the “WP7 Update Cab Sender.bat”A DOS Window will open
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════ ═══════════════════╗
║ WP7 Update Cab Sender xboxmod-Yuki 2011 ║
╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════ ═══════════════════╝
╠══════» S •(S)end Cabs to device
╠══════» B •Send Cabs to device with (B)ackup
╠══════» R •(R)estore device backup
╠══════» L •Read last Update (L)ogs from device
╚══> Your choice: S
Press “S”
The program will send the CAB to your phone, which will automatically restart the HD2 and show progress, once successful.
You will see this message in the DOS Windows
The device has been updated to version ****************
╚══════» Done
Exit MS dos Window
Delete your_choice_.cab from the “WP7 Update Cab Sender” folder. Send more or finish.
Language: In the MangoRTM Folder the files below are language packs.
Diff-7.10.7712.60-7.10.7720.68-armv7-Retail-Microsoft.Lang_0c0a.pks.cab
Diff-7.10.7712.60-7.10.7720.68-armv7-Retail-Microsoft.Lang_040c.pks.cab
Diff-7.10.7712.60-7.10.7720.68-armv7-Retail-Microsoft.Lang_0407.pks.cab
Diff-7.10.7712.60-7.10.7720.68-armv7-Retail-Microsoft.Lang_0409.pks.cab
Diff-7.10.7712.60-7.10.7720.68-armv7-Retail-Microsoft.Lang_0410.pks.cab
Diff-7.10.7712.60-7.10.7720.68-armv7-Retail-Microsoft.Lang_0809.pks.cab
Locale Code Table from Microsoft
Language in ROM
0x0c0a 1252 Spanish: Spain (Modern Sort)
0x0410 1252 Italian: Italy
0x040c 1252 French: France
0x0407 1252 German: Germany
0x0409 1252 English: United States)
0x0809 1252 English: United Kingdom
Optional Languages
Note: you must send both CAB's
LANG_0404_7661.cab & LANG_0404_7712.cab
LANG_0405_7661.cab & LANG_0405_7712.cab
LANG_0406_7661.cab & LANG_0406_7712.cab
LANG_0408_7661.cab & LANG_0408_7712.cab
LANG_040B_7661.cab & LANG_040B_7712.cab
LANG_040E_7661.cab & LANG_040E_7712.cab
LANG_0411_7661.cab & LANG_0411_7712.cab
LANG_0412_7661.cab & LANG_0412_7712.cab
LANG_0413_7661.cab & LANG_0413_7712.cab
LANG_0414_7661.cab & LANG_0414_7712.cab
LANG_0415_7661.cab & LANG_0415_7712.cab
LANG_0416_7661.cab & LANG_0416_7712.cab
LANG_0419_7661.cab & LANG_0419_7712.cab
LANG_041D_7661.cab & LANG_041D_7712.cab
LANG_0804_7661.cab & LANG_0804_7712.cab
LANG_0816_7661.cab & LANG_0816_7712.cab
0x1404 950 Chinese: Macao SAR (Traditional)
0x0405 1250 Czech: Czech Republic
0x0406 1252 Danish: Denmark
0x0408 1253 Greek: Greece
0x040b 1252 Finnish: Finland
0x040e 1250 Hungarian: Hungary
0x0411 932 Japanese: Japan
0x0412 949 Korean (Extended Wansung): Korea
0x0413 1252 Dutch: Netherlands
0x0414 1252 Norwegian: Norway (Bokmål)
0x0415 1250 Polish: Poland
0x0416 1252 Portuguese: Brazil
0x0419 1251 Russian: Russia
0x041d 1252 Swedish: Sweden
0x0804 936 Chinese: PRC (Simplified)
0x0816 1252 Portuguese: Portugal
Radio:
There are 2 different Radios:
Radios that you can flash using HardSPL:
For installing a RADIO ROM you need to use HardSPL on your device: it won't hardreset your device.
Changing the Radio in the ROM
UPDATE: XBmod is working on a CAB to change the Radio in the ROM, thus in the future you will be able to send the CAB and change the Radio.
At present use the instructions below.
To use a different Software Radio you need to change the Part00.bin in the 7004 Data.zip and start the process to 7720 all over again... As for the regular HD2 radio we can continue to flash away
Steps:
Download the radio you want to use
You'll get a part00.bin file
In the V1 or V2 ROM you can find a data.zip file
Replace in data.zip the part00.bin with the one you downloaded
Go through the usual process of installing the ROM
For EU Leo users who want to try 5.51 (without the t) see this post by LittleH79 .
Simple guide to replace the radio:
- Download 7zip from the web and install it.
- Download V2 rom.
- Download my radio attached.
- Extract attached radio to a folder (inside is part00.bin)
- Extract V2 rom to a folder
- Go to the extracted rom folder.
- In there you'll find Data.zip
- Open this folder with 7zip.
- Open the folder where you saved my attached radio (part00.bin)
- Simply drag file part00.bin inside 7zip window
- Wait a few moment and you're done
- Just to be sure, if it went well you'll see that file part00.bin has 2 dates changed
The Radio I’m sure will become a topic in its own right! what you have to remember is that there is no right or wrong Radio, it’s all about how close you are to a tower, Signal strength, country etc etc etc, right now to change the ROM radio you need to flash, hopefully someone can figure out how we can flash it without needing to Flash the ROM, perhaps a CAB.....
RADIO TABLE (need Data from folk for this)
SIM lockedIf you have SIM locked device from your mobile provider, before you upgrade to WP7 you must unlock the device (if you want SIM lock free). unlocking not working under WP7. For unlocking you must have unlock code... in most case, you must buy this code from any trusted GSM unlock site) or contact your carrier and ask them for an unlock code, typically they will give you one.
Thanks to dxdy
SD cards and unlocking them.
Once WP7 formats your SDcard, your computer won't read them since WP7 locked them this is part of the security feature built into WP7.
But if you need to, you can format the cards in certain devices, you should use one of thre following reported methods
Nokia N or E series
Nokia Phone
Nokia Symbian OS phone
PDA like 5250
N95
Canon camera
Nikon Camera
If you don’t have one of the above and rather than buying a new SD card, borrow one from a freind, or even go to a store and ask the store guy, and ask him if its ok that they let you use one to do it.
Custom and Special CAB's:
DEV_STORAGELOCK.cab (this will install the unlock tool for your sd card (providing the possibility of dualboot))
DEV_STORAGELOCK_REMOVE.CAB (as always a second CAB removing the above function "unlock tool" Warning your SDCard will be relocked at reboot resulting is dataloss.)
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Is working.
This looks fantastic! I was having problems and just about to give up and go back to my previous rom, but this has given me a few areas where i could have gone wrong!
The installation instructions with the rom were sketch at most, so this is a great addition to yuki and XBmod's brilliant work!
I hope it's ok I post here...
I'm only a bit wary about doing this, because I don't have a serial to activate WP7.
Plus, I'd like to know if it's possible to have Portuguese(Portugal) as the display language, and how to do that...
Also, I got a 4GB, class 4, sd card from Kingston.
How do I know if it is compatible?
Can you help?
Ok, now I believe I could flash that ROM. All other explanations were written mostly for the authors. Thank you very much!!
a011528 said:
Q. I’m on V1 do I need to Start right from the beginning – re-run the whole Process?
A. Yes you do.
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I went from v1 to v2 without going back to stock rom (6.5) but just flashing v2 on top of v1. Not had a single problem. So, it's up to you...
Edit: Nice tutorial!
RCOO said:
I hope it's ok I post here...
I'm only a bit wary about doing this, because I don't have a serial to activate WP7.
Plus, I'd like to know if it's possible to have Portuguese(Portugal) as the display language, and how to do that...
Also, I got a 4GB, class 4, sd card from Kingston.
How do I know if it is compatible?
Can you help?
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Its not really okay for you to post a question on the front page, in the development section, but since you have now, i will answer your question, maybe it will add to the guide.
Unfortunatley i do not know about the language, but if you have look around the forums, you will easily find out that its not possible for anyone to say for sure whether your sd card will work, even when a card of the same spec works. So its purely luck. Try and flash Yuki's rooted rom on the developement section of this forum first, to determine whether your card works, then move onto this.
As for the activation code, you will only be asked for this when connecting to the marketplace.
I was able to get mine by phoning up, however some people have been unsuccessfull in doing this now, but its always worth a try. Then you code can be used multiple times, so if you flash over your rom, you can re-enter it again in a clear rom fairly easily, as long as you keep the same XBOX LIVE ID and dont change too often.
only small tip
if you have SIM locked device by mobile provider, before upgrade to WP7 you must unlock device (if you want SIM lock free). unlocking not working under WP7
for unlocking you must have unlock code... in most case, you must buy this code from any trusted GSM unlock site (unlock-now for example... very fast and good support)
stevemilw said:
Its not really okay for you to post a question on the front page, in the development section, but since you have now, i will answer your question, maybe it will add to the guide.
Unfortunatley i do not know about the language, but if you have look around the forums, you will easily find out that its not possible for anyone to say for sure whether your sd card will work, even when a card of the same spec works. So its purely luck. Try and flash Yuki's rooted rom on the developement section of this forum first, to determine whether your card works, then move onto this.
As for the activation code, you will only be asked for this when connecting to the marketplace.
I was able to get mine by phoning up, however some people have been unsuccessfull in doing this now, but its always worth a try. Then you code can be used multiple times, so if you flash over your rom, you can re-enter it again in a clear rom fairly easily, as long as you keep the same XBOX LIVE ID and dont change too often.
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Thanks =p
Great work!!!!!!
This will be really helpfull for a lot of people
In Yuki's thread I made a (small) post about changing radio before flashing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17207345&postcount=2394
Maybe you can use some bits of it
LittleH79 said:
Great work!!!!!!
This will be really helpfull for a lot of people
In Yuki's thread I made a (small) post about changing radio before flashing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17207345&postcount=2394
Maybe you can use some bits of it
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Lmao. I just added your post and this thread to favorites xD
Be carefull, you have a trouble with your last post:
the numbers are:
10, 11, 12, 1, 12, 13
i stuck at sending the cab to the phone, anyone can help?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17129153&posted=1#post17129153
we need another post to *.cab fix the rom, can you make that please?
thanks
dAV84 said:
we need another post to *.cab fix the rom, can you make that please?
thanks
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can you explain further?
hengmy said:
i stuck at sending the cab to the phone, anyone can help?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17129153&posted=1#post17129153
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I replied on the main board
Unfortunatley this guide hasnt worked for me.
During the stage of updating to 7008, on step 8, restarting your phone, the phone re-boots and locks up, i cannot move anything on the phone, and the installation will go no furrther.
Any ideas as to what this could be?
I cannot format my memory card again after applying the magldr services sub options (24mb thing and the other) so its basically dead to the computer, even through USB mass storage mode on MAGLDR.
Any ideas people? i flash 6.5 previous too with 2.15 rom. Left software radios the same, tried english us and uk when setting up phone for first time, neither worked.
Just got my TMo S3 yesterday, and before moving forward with rooting it - as always with new phones - I started trying all the options with the existing stock ROM and vendor stuff, to understand what to expect, should something come down that pipe, later on. Things noticed (phone connected to a mac osx lion):
- the "universal" Android file transfer app won't work at all - cannot find device. Works for other Android devices, so that's not the app or the USB
- the kies app (which I installed from Samsung's site) prompted me for a firmware upgrade, which I agreed with -> marked as "SGH-T999 ver 12.04.12.01". The process appeared to go just fine (albeit taking more than 15min), after which the keis app asks again for the upgrade, to the same firmware level ... what gives?!?
Stefan
Guys,
i struggled with firmware finder route and failed miserably every time. I then looked at the HiSuite route and this was also a bit odd so, i examined what Funky do with replacing DNS entries and created the simple procedure below which has now worked THREE times, first time each try without fail:
1. Pay for/select the ROM you want on the Funky website
2. Install HiSuite
3. In your PC's network settings, change DNS to Primary 37.114.61.203 & Secondary 1.2.3.4
4. Be safe and start a CMD box, run "Ipconfig /release" and then "ipconfig /renew" finally probably unneeded but "ipconfig /flushdns"
5. **Restart browser** (important as it may have cached IP addresses)
6. Check with http://funkyhuaweidnscheck.com (if this loads, you're good to go! If not, check you've changed the correct network adapter and correct DNS IP addresses)
7. Connect phone via USB, install drivers, Run HiSuite and it will tell you there is a new version..... update!
I hope this helps but, please remember that I offer NO WARRANTY and you attempt this at your OWN RISK.
Good luck
*Currently running a C636 with B225.
*There should be no dependency on which version of Windows you use for the procedure, other than what is required by the HiSuite app itself. TCP/IP has been built in to Windows since Windows 95 iirc.
Nice. I'll try this next time
Alternately - if you have a laptop with Wifi and Windows 10 - it is possible to turn it into a Wifi hotspot where you can modify the DNS to match Funkys.
https://www.howtogeek.com/214080/how-to-turn-your-windows-pc-into-a-wi-fi-hotspot/
I did the above and just amended the DNS. Then connected to this Wifi point in ERecovery. Supported method by FunkyHuawei!
Monty Burns said:
Guys,
i struggled with firmware finder route and failed miserably every time. I then looked at the HiSuite route and this was also a bit odd so, i examined what Funky do with replacing DNS entries and created the simple procedure below which has now worked THREE times, first time each try without fail:
1. Pay for/select the ROM you want on the Funky website
2. Install HiSuite
3. In your PC's network settings, change DNS to Primary 37.114.61.203 & Secondary 1.2.3.4
4. Be safe and start a CMD box, run "Ipconfig /release" and then "ipconfig /renew" finally probably unneeded but "ipconfig /flushdns"
5. **Restart browser** (important as it may have cached IP addresses)
6. Check with http://funkyhuaweidnscheck.com (if this loads, you're good to go! If not, check you've changed the correct network adapter and correct DNS IP addresses)
7. Connect phone via USB, install drivers, Run HiSuite and it will tell you there is a new version..... update!
I hope this helps but, please remember that I offer NO WARRANTY and you attempt this at your OWN RISK.
Good luck
*Currently running a C636 with B225.
*There should be no dependency on which version of Windows you use for the procedure, other than what is required by the HiSuite app itself. TCP/IP has been built in to Windows since Windows 95 iirc.
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Can confirm this works
HOWEVER. It doesn't appear to work on the LATEST version of HiSuite. I downloaded version from Huawei and it immediately asked to be updated. When I did that HiSuite constantly complained it couldn't connect to the internet to see update after changing the DNS settings. Uninstalled and installed version from Huawei again but didn't allow it to update. Then it worked straight away.
Now running B229 on C636
Just simple question. Why I need to pay for update my mobile? I am on c636b182 and I can't update my mobile. Huawei let me know why?
PanNet said:
Just simple question. Why I need to pay for update my mobile? I am on c636b182 and I can't update my mobile. Huawei let me know why?
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C636 is the Asian model. Are you in Asia? It looks like, if you're not, it won't update unless you're in that region. Someone did suggest putting a Hong Kong or Singapore SIM in it and it should update.
Copying from my previous post:
I made a tool to "force update" my phone (Honor View 10, European/C432 model), and I thought I'd share it in case anybody wants to give it a try.
Notes
It is Windows-only (Specifically Windows 10 (64-bit), build 1809, although it probably works fine for most/all other versions of Windows)
It requires .NET Framework to be installed on your computer. It can be downloaded from here
It might cause some anti-virus programs to flag it due to the nature of the tool (although nothing on VirusTotal detects it as malware)
Currently, a lot of stuff is hard-coded (source code available below), including the path to HiSuite.exe. If the path to your HiSuite installation isn't "C:\Program Files (x86)\HiSuite\HiSuite.exe" (or "C:\Program Files\HiSuite\HiSuite.exe" in the case of 32-bit Windows), the tool won't work
It's currently only supposed to work with the BKL-L09 (C432) model. Do not use this tool if you do not have the BKL-L09 (C432) model
If you are on 32-bit Windows (your HiSuite installation path is "C:\Program Files\HiSuite" instead of "C:\Program Files (x86)\HiSuite"), download the HuaweiUpdaterWin32.7z file. Otherwise, download the regular HuaweiUpdater.7z file
And, of course, please use the tool at your own risk. I'm not responsible if the update somehow ends up breaking your phone.
Usage
Connect your phone to your computer through USB
Before proceeding, make sure HiSuite isn't running. Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del -> Task Manager or Ctrl+Shift+Escape) and make sure "Huawei PC Suite" (hisuite.exe) isn't running. If it's running, right-click and select "End Task" to kill the process
Run "Launcher.exe" and HiSuite should open
Click on the "Update" button. There should be a red dot on it
Wait for HiSuite to finish installing the update on your phone
Source code can be found here: https://github.com/Smaehtin/HuaweiUpdater
Here's a version that should work for the Indian (C675) variant.
Reserved
can not download the indian version link
ram161287 said:
can not download the indian version link
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Strange, maybe it works with TinyUpload:
HuaweiUpdater(C675).7z
HuaweiUpdater(C675)Win32.7z
It worked! I updated to Android 9.0 with EMUI 9. Thanks, mate!
Does it revert your phone to factory setting?
The procedure worked like a charm! I'm on Pie now
All apps and settings stayed untouched, no factory reset.
Works great for the Indian variant:good:
You sir are amazing..tyvm
Thanks for the method mate.
Smaehtin said:
Here's a version that should work for the Indian (C675) variant.
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I will try this today. Btw, can you just elaborate what is your approach for this solution? I mean the other Firmware finder solution masks your DNS and then updates the firmware and ROM. 2hat does your solution do? I am not a developer but just wanted to know how does it actually work. If it's too technical or difficult to explain, let it be. Just being curious. Thanks and happy new year dude
Will try tonight and feedback
kavee.gauravjoshi said:
I will try this today. Btw, can you just elaborate what is your approach for this solution? I mean the other Firmware finder solution masks your DNS and then updates the firmware and ROM. 2hat does your solution do? I am not a developer but just wanted to know how does it actually work. If it's too technical or difficult to explain, let it be. Just being curious. Thanks and happy new year dude
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The way the FunkyHuawei and Firmware Finder method works is by you configuring your network to use their DNS server. A DNS server is what is used on the internet for "resolving" a domain name (like google.com, .xda-developers.com, hicloud.com, etc.) into an IP address. So, when a "client" (either your computer when using HiSuite to check for updates or your phone) asks for the IP address of query.hicloud.com (used for update checking), instead of giving you the IP address of Huawei's update server like a normal DNS server would, it gives you the IP address of FunkyHuawei/Firmware Finder's update server.
So now, whenever you do an update check, you're not talking with Huawei's update server but a "fake" server, but your phone/computer isn't aware of this (well ...), and when your phone/computer asks this server if updates are available and if your phone is allowed to install the update, the server will just say "Yeah, here's the update, go ahead and install it".
My method is similar in some ways. What it does is "hooking" the HiSuite process. This allows my tool to intercept and alter communication between HiSuite and Huawei's update server, and by spoofing some requests/responses, it acts somewhat in the same way a "fake" server would. So, when HiSuite asks the update server if there are any updates available for your phone, the update server will say "Nope, no new updates at the moment" - but my tool will intercept that and overwrite the response with a "Yep, here's the update" instead.
Hopefully that explains things
Not to shabby
Launcher.exe not working for me on Windows 7 Please help
Smaehtin said:
The way the FunkyHuawei and Firmware Finder method works is by you configuring your network to use their DNS server. A DNS server is what is used on the internet for "resolving" a domain name (like google.com, .xda-developers.com, hicloud.com, etc.) into an IP address. So, when a "client" (either your computer when using HiSuite to check for updates or your phone) asks for the IP address of query.hicloud.com (used for update checking), instead of giving you the IP address of Huawei's update server like a normal DNS server would, it gives you the IP address of FunkyHuawei/Firmware Finder's update server.
So now, whenever you do an update check, you're not talking with Huawei's update server but a "fake" server, but your phone/computer isn't aware of this (well ...), and when your phone/computer asks this server if updates are available and if your phone is allowed to install the update, the server will just say "Yeah, here's the update, go ahead and install it".
My method is similar in some ways. What it does is "hooking" the HiSuite process. This allows my tool to intercept and alter communication between HiSuite and Huawei's update server, and by spoofing some requests/responses, it acts somewhat in the same way a "fake" server would. So, when HiSuite asks the update server if there are any updates available for your phone, the update server will say "Nope, no new updates at the moment" - but my tool will intercept that and overwrite the response with a "Yep, here's the update" instead.
Hopefully that explains things
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Thanks for this great explaination. I think i understood now. Why don't you include this in your initial posts? Its a nice learning for noobs like me. Just a suggestion. I feel there is very little *educating* material for Honor devices like the one you told about, or about rooting, or downgrading etc., at least for view 10. Unlike OnePlus devices. So I feel this might educate people who are just enthusiast, non technical and want to know few things.
Btw, the tool didn't work for my Indian model. Guess, because I am on EMUI 9.0 beta already. But thanks for the information
Shivang003 said:
Launcher.exe not working for me on Windows 7 Please help
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Same for me, any solution for that please reply if any.
No luck. Tried 2-3 times, even made the changes to FF DNS so that firmware is approved but nothing on hisuite.
May be I am on EMUI 9.0 beta thats the reason its not showing anything but will eork for EMUI 8 users.
works great mate! thanks for your work and sharing!